Outside the arena.
After Lynn’s maneuver was broadcast, everyone watching the examination on-site instantly fell silent.
“This guy’s moves… Is he really human?”
“Haha, I heard the Northern Kingdom’s crown prince’s face turned purple with rage!”
“If you ask me, no normal person with living parents would ever pull a stunt like that at birth.”
“What a troublemaker this guy is. Well, what’s left to say? Just give him the points already.”
………
After a brief lull, this examinee named Lynn Carlette immediately became the focus of everyone’s discussion.
Livia sat alone in the waiting area, listening to the chatter around her, and smiled softly.
The heavy stone that had weighed on her heart finally dropped.
No matter what, as long as Mr. Lynn is safe, that’s all that matters.
Thinking of this, Livia happily swung her slender, snowy-white legs back and forth.
“Miss Livia!”
The next moment, Sophie’s voice sounded by Livia’s ear.
“I helped Mr. Lynn get through the first round! Come on, praise me, praise me!”
Sophie grabbed Livia’s hand, shaking it up and down.
Just like a Labrador longing for her master’s approval.
“All right, all right… you did great…”
Livia looked exasperated, giving a distracted and perfunctory reply.
If it weren’t for the fact that Sophie truly had done something useful, Livia would have flicked her forehead long ago.
Her gaze kept searching, and soon she spotted Lynn slowly walking toward them.
Livia quickly withdrew her hand and threw herself into Lynn’s arms.
“Hee hee, Mr. Lynn, I just knew you could do it!”
Livia snuggled against Lynn’s chest like a kitten.
Seeing this, Sophie’s cheeks puffed out a little.
Honestly, Miss Livia is so biased.
Sure, Lynn is amazing, but I contributed a lot too…
But the next moment, she suddenly realized something.
Could it be that Miss Livia likes the calm and collected type?
Lynn had no idea what Sophie was thinking.
Looking at Livia in his arms, he felt a little embarrassed.
Well, as long as she’s happy.
“By the way, by the way, Mr. Lynn, you’ll definitely move on to the next round with a super high score this time, right?”
Livia asked, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Lynn like he was her idol.
“A super high score, huh…”
Lynn scratched his head a little awkwardly.
Indeed, if you go by the original rules, just getting one person out was enough for the basic points to move to the next stage.
If you got two out…
That should be a perfect score.
Sigh.
Lynn let out a helpless sigh.
So many precautions, yet one slip in the end.
He really didn’t want to get too high a rank in the entrance exam.
That would draw too much attention.
All he wanted was to keep a low profile, learn some useful magic quietly and steadily, and use it to protect himself.
That’s all.
If he stood out too much, it would just bring all sorts of unnecessary trouble.
Looks like he’d better hold back a bit in the next round…
Lynn thought to himself.
As Lynn pondered, the previously noisy hall gradually quieted down.
The screen began to slowly announce the results of the first round.
Unsurprisingly, when it came to Lynn’s group, his score was overwhelmingly at the top.
After a heated debate with the other judges, Lucy finally convinced all the teachers present—they ultimately decided to award the highest score to Lynn.
After all, while blocking the bridge was a bit much, he hadn’t broken any rules.
It just left Dean Emil fuming, his face flushed red.
On the bright side, at least it proved Dean Emil was energetic and had strong cardiovascular health.
And as for the lucky fellow Pedro, who was blocked by Lynn, he ended up trailing far behind Lynn and Sophie, coming in third.
It seemed Lynn’s group was simply short on people and dragged him in to make up the numbers.
Just as everyone’s attention was on the scores, suddenly, the sound of crisp footsteps rang out.
Looking up, they saw a youth about Lynn’s age, dressed in splendid clothes, slowly walking toward him.
It was Pedro.
He walked up to Lynn, glancing at him sidelong out of the corner of his eye.
Then he gave a scornful snort.
“Heh, you’re just a First-Rank Mage who couldn’t even enter the exam hall without backdoor connections.”
“If it hadn’t been for my poor condition at the end, how could trash like you have taken advantage?”
Pedro spread his hands, looking as if he was simply stating facts.
“If you have any sense at all, you’d best stay away from the next round.”
“Kicking trash like you to death would only dirty my hands.”
“You bastard!”
Livia rolled up her sleeves and was about to confront Pedro.
How dare a defeated opponent insult Mr. Lynn like this…
Where did he get the nerve!
If Lynn hadn’t reached out to stop her, the two of them might have started a fight right then and there.
“Heh, not only do you have a Second-Rank Warrior, you even have a witch backing you up?”
Pedro sneered dismissively.
“So what? Sooner or later, you’ll all be under my feet.”
Faced with Pedro’s blatant provocation, Lynn didn’t get angry.
He simply frowned a little and said, “And you are?”
“Sorry, there are just too many strays on the roadside. I can’t remember them all.”
Pedro’s right eyelid twitched furiously.
A surge of anger shot straight to his head.
As the crown prince of the Northern Kingdom, Pedro had always been admired by thousands.
Aside from his father, no one had ever dared look down on him like this!
He was about to explode, but the next moment, seeing the clarity in Lynn’s eyes, his anger suddenly vanished without a trace.
As if Lynn hadn’t been sarcastic at all.
He really meant it.
And in fact, that’s exactly how it was.
Lynn just genuinely couldn’t remember who he was.
After all, when he played through the game twice, he always dealt with roadblock NPCs by kicking them away like stray dogs.
Who had the time or energy to remember every single name?
Pedro only felt like he’d punched into a pile of cotton.
Damn it, where did this guy get so much confidence?
“Huff—huff—”
Pedro took two deep breaths, forcefully suppressing his raging anger.
He had every reason to suspect Lynn’s Sword Tomb was deliberately provoking him.
With everyone watching, if he threw the first punch, no matter how justified his reason, he’d be disqualified from the exam.
He and his mother had already suffered too much coldness from his father.
Even if the servants acted respectful on the surface, in private they still whispered that he was just an illegitimate child.
He’d had enough of that life.
Even if he had to bet everything, he had to graduate from St. Karlet Magic Academy as the top student and prove he was better than those legitimate sons, prove he alone deserved the throne!
With that thought, Pedro had no choice but to back down.
A gentleman’s revenge is never too late, even after ten years!
“Hmph, you’d better pray I let you off easy tomorrow.”
With that, Pedro turned and left the waiting area.
Watching his retreating figure, Lynn couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off.
“Hey, Lynn.”
Sophie tugged gently at Lynn’s sleeve and whispered: “I feel… that guy’s a bit strange.”
“When he got angry just now, I could clearly sense something odd about the magic inside him.”
Lynn nodded.
“If my guess is right, the source of his magic should be…”
“Tianyuan Cult.”